The Danish freebie music magazine Gaffa - for 20 years by far the largest in the country, though presently not quite the only one - summarized the year this way:
(As the perspective is Danish you get a Top 40 with Swedish, Norwegian, Anglo etc. acts thrown together, and a seperate Danish Top 10)
Top 40 Non-Danish
1) Arcade Fire – Funeral
2) Antony and the Johnsons – I am a bird now
3) Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake it’s Morning
4) Gorillaz – Demon Days
5) Kate Bush – Aerial
6) Queens of the Stone Age – Lullabies to Paralyze
7) Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
8) System of a Down – Mezmerize
9) Bright Eyes – Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
10) Thomas Dybdahl – One Day you’ll Dance for me, New York City
11) Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
12) Martha Wainwright – Martha Wainwright
13) Håkan Hellström – Et Kolikbarns Bekännelser
14) Josh Rouse – Nashville
15) The National – Alligator
16) Doves – Some Cities
17) Depeche Mode – Playing the Angel
18) Roisin Murphy – Ruby Blue
19) Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
20) Murcof – Remembranza
21) Bruce Springsteen – Devils and Dust
22) Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
23) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
24) John Legend – Get lifted
25) Salif Keïta – M’Bemba
26) The Books – Lost and Safe
27) Tord Gustavsen Trio – The Ground
28) The White Stripes – Get Behind me Satan
29) Patrick Wolf – Wind in the Wires
30) Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock & Roll
31) LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
32) The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
33) Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger
34) Beck – Guero
35) Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
36) Wolf Parade – Apologies to Queen Mary
37) The Bravery – The Bravery
38) Jens Lekman – Oh, You’re So Silent, Jens
39) Katie Melua – Piece By Piece
40) Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – Cold Roses
Top 10 Danish
1) Mew – And The Glass Handed Kites
2) Kashmir – No Balance Palace
3) Spleen United – Godspeed into the Mainstream
4) Various artists – Andersens Drømme
5) Jens Unmack – Vejen Hjem fra Rock’n’Roll
6) Diefenbach – Set & Drift
7) Junior Senior – Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
8) Figurines – Skeleton
9) Bikstok Røgsystem – Over Stok og Sten
10) Olesen-Olesen – Solsort og Forstærker
